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== Climate change == Since the mid-2010s, Langtangpas have noticed that most natural springs in the valley have gone dry.<ref name=cheese/> Scientists have attributed the reduction in the glacier area of the Langtang glacier directly to anthropogenic climate change since the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wijngaard |first1=RenΓ© R. |last2=Steiner |first2=Jakob F. |last3=Kraaijenbrink |first3=Philip D. A. |last4=Klug |first4=Christoph |last5=Adhikari |first5=Surendra |last6=Banerjee |first6=Argha |last7=Pellicciotti |first7=Francesca |last8=van Beek |first8=Ludovicus P. H. |last9=Bierkens |first9=Marc F. P. |last10=Lutz |first10=Arthur F. |last11=Immerzeel |first11=Walter W. |date=2019 |title=Modeling the Response of the Langtang Glacier and the Hintereisferner to a Changing Climate Since the Little Ice Age |journal=Frontiers in Earth Science |volume=7 |doi=10.3389/feart.2019.00143 |issn=2296-6463|doi-access=free }}</ref> The intergovernmental organisation [[ICIMOD]] conducts periodic [[Cryospheric science|cryospheric research]] in the Langtang valley and [[Yala Glacier]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-17 |title=Reviving the Science in Langtang Valley |url=https://www.icimod.org/reviving-the-science-in-langtang-valley/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=ICIMOD |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cryosphere research expedition to Langtang Valley, Rasuwa |url=https://www.icimod.org/event/cryosphere-research-expedition-to-langtang-valley-rasuwa/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=ICIMOD |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Comprehensive community-led risk assessment and management in Langtang valley |url=https://www.icimod.org/event/comprehensive-community-led-risk-assessment-and-management-in-langtang-valley/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=ICIMOD |language=en-US}}</ref>
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